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Category: Current Affairs
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
International Monitoring Station (IMS) Day 2023
The celebration of International Monitoring Station (IMS) Day 2023 underscores the tireless efforts and unwavering Read More …
Gelephu Special Administration Region
Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on December 18 unveiled plans for a significant urban Read More …
Actinium-225
The war in Ukraine has snapped imports of Actinium-225-a key radioactive isotope used in advanced Read More …
Late Blight Disease
The experts from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) had cautioned farmers against the late blight disease Read More …
IMF reclassifies India’s exchange rate regime to ‘stabilized arrangement’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reclassified India’s “de facto” exchange rate regime to “stabilized Read More …
Blue dragons (Glaucus atlanticus)
Recently, blue dragons (Glaucus atlanticus) have been spotted on the beach and in waters near Read More …
Solid-fuel missiles
Recently, North Korea test-fired a intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) powered by solid fuel. About Solid-fuel Read More …
Swarved Mahamandir
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18th December inaugurated the Swarved Mahamandir in Umaraha, Varanasi. Paying Read More …
National Industrial Corridor Development Programme
India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed an agreement for a $250 million Read More …
India’s maiden winter scientific Arctic expedition
On December 18, 2023, Minister for Earth Sciences Shri Kiren Rijiju flagged off India’s first Read More …
Gene drive technology
Abdoulaye Diabate-a scientist from Burkina Faso is working on a ‘gene drive technology’ that can Read More …
United Nations declared 2024 the International Year of Camelids (IYC 2024)
The United Nations has declared 2024 the International Year Of Camelids. The decision has been Read More …
WHO officially recognizes noma as a neglected tropical disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the inclusion of noma (cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis) Read More …
Bhashin AI Tool Used For Real-time Translation of PM Modi’s Speech Into Tamil
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a real-time artificial intelligence-based tool – ‘Bhashini’ – during his Read More …
Akash missile system destroys 4 targets simultaneously during Exercise Astrashakti 2023
India has recently demonstrated the firepower of its Akash surface-to-air (SAM) weapon system, where a Read More …
Rising aerosol levels and glacier melting in the Himalayas
According to the Government of India, the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas is increasingly Read More …
Dark fibre
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) quashed an order passed by the market regulator Securities and Read More …
Plea Bargaining
The Government of India has added Section 436-A to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), Read More …
Fast Track Courts and Plea bargaining
Setting up of Fast Track Courts (FTCs) and its functioning lies within the domain of Read More …
Barracuda: India’s fastest solar-electric boat
India’s fastest solar-electric boat Barracuda was launched on 13th December at the yard of Navalt Read More …
Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB)
Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) launched a programme in Saint Lucia on 14th December, 2023.
DRDO successfully tests high-speed flying-wing UAV
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out a flight trial of Autonomous Read More …
First yak domesticated 2,500 years ago in Bangga
The oldest record ever of a yak being domesticated by humans has been found in Read More …
Platinum-group elements (PGE)
Between the financial years 2022 (FY22) and FY23, there has been a jump of 34 Read More …